Determine the Indicated Probability for a Poisson Random Variable with the Given

question 19

Multiple Choice

Determine the indicated probability for a Poisson random variable with the given values of $\lambda$ and t .
$\lambda = 0.8 , t = 8 , P ( 5 )$

• A) 0.1468
• B) 0.1487
• C) 0.0005
• D) 0.9995

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